8.12.2011

more on Ray Anderson

Because he was a hero of mine, and he deserves more than one single blurb.

A reminiscence from Joel Makower, founder of GreenBiz.

His eulogy, delivered by Paul Hawken, entrepreneur and author.

8.08.2011

Painful goodbye

The business world has lost a true leader and, in many ways, a pioneer. The sustainability world, especially, has lost a cornerstone. Ray Anderson, founder and CEO of Interface--a carpet and flooring innovator--has died today.

In his honor, here's his TED talk from 2009.

R.I.P., Ray.

Know your hometown

My past several weeks have been consumed by reading voraciously, applying and interviewing for jobs, learning computing languages, and re-teaching myself calculus, so I'm taking a moment to break the silence with an interesting link that has little to do with anything else I write about here, except in my continued obsession with Durham.

A new site talks about the history of Durham, and the nomenclature for its streets and buildings.